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Microsoft deactivates VBScript in IE as of August 2019
[German] Microsoft has just announced that it will soon deactivates (or already has deactivated) the execution of VBscript in Internet Explorer for untrusted Internet zones, as a security measure....
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Intel DCH driver 26.20.100.7000 released
Intel has released an update of its DCH graphics driver for Windows 10 to version 26.20.100.7000. The download is possible on this website. There you can also find some hints for optimizations. The...
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Windows 10 V1903: Know issues (Wi-Fi etc.) updated
[German]Microsoft has updates the list of ‘known issues’ for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903). Some bugs has been mentioned since May 2019. But there is also good news, because some problems...
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Windows: A Bug in winevtutil
[German]A German blog reader already informed me in mid-June 2019 about a stupid bug in winevtutil to me. Here I outline a few details about this behavior within this blog post. What is winevtutil?...
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Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2019-1125
[German]On August 6, 2019, Microsoft released updated security information on the CVE-2019-1125 (Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability) vulnerability....
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Windows 10 Build 18950 (20H1) ISO, ADK, SDK released
[German]Microsoft has released the ISO installation image files for the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18950. This build refers to the Windows 10 feature update expected in spring 2020. And there are...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18956 (20H1) released
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18956(from development branch 20H1) for Windows Insider in the Fast Ring. The announcement with details about new features/changes and bugs can...
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Windows 10 V1903: Workaround for Intel RST-Upgrade-Blocker
[German]In Windows 10 Mai 2019 Update there is an issue with outdated Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) drivers. Microsoft has blocked the upgrade to Windows 10 V1903. People who installed...
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Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10012/10013 (19H2)
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18362.10012 and Build 18362.10013 in Slow Ring. Both builds belong to the 19H2 development branch, which will lead to a new Windows feature...
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Will genuine check deactivate Windows 7 without Internet?
[German]Within the blog post I will cover a question, which was brought to me a while ago by a blog reader. What happens to the cyclic license check (genuine check) in Windows 7 if the machine is...
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RDP vulnerability puts Hyper-V at risk
[German]There is a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) that can be exploited to break out of guest VMs running on Hyper-V in Windows 10/Azure. As early as February 2019, Check...
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Some Windows driver vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
[German]Security researchers have found in an analysis of legitimate device drivers that more than 40 drivers from at least 20 hardware vendors are vulnerable to privilege escalation. Device drivers...
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Fix for issues on Windows share from macOS
[German]Since Microsoft released update KB4503276 of June 2019, users of macOS have had problems accessing shares on Windows machines (clients and servers). SMB1 and LTLM are causing problems. Apple...
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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 13, 2019)
[German]As of August 13, 2019, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office, etc. Here is a compact overview of these updates. A list of the updates can be found on this...
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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/8.1/Server (August 13, 2019)
[German]On August 13, 2019, Microsoft released various (security) updates for Windows 7 SP1 and other updates for Windows 8.1 as well as the corresponding server versions. Here is an overview of these...
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Patchday Windows 10 Updates (August 13, 2019)
[German]On August 13, 2019 (second Tuesday of the month, patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds. Here are some details about each update. A...
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Windows: Critical Patches (CVE-2019-1181/CVE-2019-1182) August 13, 2019
[German]As of August 13, 2019 (2nd Tuesday of the month, Patchday) Microsoft has released a series of security updates. These include extremely critical updates that close vulnerabilities exploitable...
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Symantec/Norton blocks Windows Updates (SHA-2)
[German]Users of Windows systems that have Symantec Antivirus or Norton Antivirus installed are running into trouble as of August 2019-Patchday. These antivirus solutions are blocking the delivery of...
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Windows Updates KB4512506/KB4512486 drops error 0x80092004
[German]A brief information for users who install the August 2019 security updates KB4512506 or KB4512486 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in an installation error 0x80092004. It is highly...
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Windows 10 V1903: Error 0x8024200D or 0x800F081F with update KB4512508
[German]There are first (German) user reports that report errors when installing the update KB4512508 for Windows 10 Version 1903 (May 2019 Update). Either error code 0x8024200D or error code...
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